Trio: That None Should Die; in a Dark Garden; the Road to Bithynia

Eager to be Roman: Greek Response to Roman Rule in Pontus and Bithynia

by: Jesper Majbom Madsen

"Eager to be Roman" is an important investigation into the ways in which the population of Pontus et Bithynia, a Greek province in the northwestern part of Asia Minor (on the southern shore of the Black Sea), engaged culturally with the Roman Empire. Scholars have long presented Greek provincials as highly attached to their Hellenic background and less affected by Rome's influence than Spaniards, Gauls or Britons. More recent studies have acknowledged that some elements of Roman culture and civic life found their way into Greek communities and that members of the Greek elite obtained Roman citizen rights and posts in the imperial administration, though for purely pragmatic reasons. >> More info on Amazon

The Bull Slayer: A Plinius Secundus Mystery

by: Bruce MacbainA turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome―a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer ―a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone’s secrets―a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appointed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital. But as Pliny pursues one baffling lead after another, he is being betrayed where he least expects it:his beautiful wife, neglected and lonely in an alien city, falls desperately in love with a handsome young provincial―an affair which threatens to bring not only pain but ruin to Pliny’s career. >> More info on Amazon